An Afghan amputee waits for the doctor at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hospital for war victims and the disabled in Mazar-i Sharif on December 4, 2012. The ICRC Orthopaedic Project, which began in 1988 in Kabul, now has seven centres in various Afghan provinces.

Photo: Qais Usyan, AFP/Getty Images

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Egyptian protesters shout slogans as they demonstrate outside of the presidential palace in Cairo on December 4, 2012, against President Mohamed Morsi's decree widening his powers. Tens of thousands of demonstrators encircled the presidential palace after riot police failed to keep them at bay with tear gas, in a growing crisis over President Morsi.

Oxen skulls representing animals killed by the drought lay at the feet of security agents outside Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Brazilian farmers affected by the drought brought oxen skulls to the presidential palace and are asking the president to pardon their government bank debts.

Police forces leave after protests in Maribor on December 3, 2012. Borut Pahor's election as Slovenian president makes it easier for the government to implement austerity measures, but it also set the stage today for more protests in the small eurozone country.

Bangladesh's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami activists block a road with burning tires during a nationwide strike on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party called the strike to demand authorities halt trials of its top leaders on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan.

Supporters chant as they raise their arms after Kenya's Prime Minister, Vice President and Trade Minister among others announced a powerful alliance on December 4, 2012 as running mates in upcoming Kenyan presidential elections due in March. Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka along with Wetangula and leaders of ten other smaller parties, signed an agreement in front of thousands of supporters to form the Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) party which rivals another coalition between deputy Prime minister, Uhuru Kenyatta with opposition politician, William Ruto both of whom face indictments at the Hague based International Criminal Court (ICC). Odinga is widely tipped to be the presidential candidate with Musyoka as his deputy, although no formal announcement was made.

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Cadets stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem after a breakfast celebrating Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto's first visit to the Heroic Military College in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012.

Photo: Alexandre Meneghini, Associated Press

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A Bahraini Shiite Muslim boy takes part to a demonstration in solidarity with political prisoners and against the government in the village of Malikiya, south of Manama, on December 4, 2012. Bahrain's Court of Cassation has set a January 7 date to announce its verdict in the trial of 13 Shiite opposition leaders jailed for their role in last year's unrest, their lawyers said.

Indian laborers work to construct a temporary pontoon bridge over the River Ganges for the upcoming Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the festival in January 2013, which falls every twelfth year.

Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh, Associated Press

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Santa Claus decorations are pictured on December 4, 2012 at the Galeries Lafayette Paris department store, ahead of the Christmas celebrations.

Artist Adrian Wong sits by his animated soft sculpture 'In Search of a Primordial Idiolect IV' at the 'Hong Kong Eye' exhibition at Saatchi Gallery on December 4, 2012 in London, England. The Hong Kong Eye Presented by Prudential is the first major international showcase of contemporary art from the city anywhere in the world and runs from December 5, 2012 to January 12, 2013.